Settings - Defaults

Customise your Smoothlink Default Settings

Apply default settings to allow continuous syncing via Smoothlink.

The following settings can be controlled:


Access Default Settings

  1. Login to your Smoothlink Integration
  2. Navigate to Settings
  3. Select Defaults tab
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Contract Payment Terms - Payment Terms applied to Bills/Invoices in Xero.

Contact Payment Terms allow you to define the "Invoice Due Date" when syncing Procore invoices/claims to Xero. You can set the number of days and define the period based on:

  • Days after bill date
  • Days after bill month
  • Of current month
  • Of following month

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The default Contact Payment Terms will be applied when:

  • The "Invoice Due Date" in Smoothlink settings for Direct Costs, Commitment/Requisitions, Head Contract/Prime Contract/Main Contract is set to "Contact Pay Terms"
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  • and when there is no Sales Default set for the "Invoice Due Date" against the contact in Xero
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Xero Account Codes - Chart of Account Codes applied to Invoices/Claims syncing Procore to Xero. 

The default Xero Account Codes will be applied when there is no Account Code Mapping set for a specific Procore Cost Code.

  • Invoice Code
    • Income code applied to Procore Head Contact/Prime Contact/Main Contracts, e.g. Sales Code
  • Bill Code
    • Expense code applied to Procore Direct Costs and Commitments/Requisitions
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Retention Codes

Retention Codes - Retention Codes are applied to Xero Invoices/Bills when syncing Procore Commitments/Head Contracts containing retention.

NOTE: If default Retention Codes are not in set Smoothlink, any invoices/claims with retention on them will NOT sync to Xero

  • Retention Payable Codes
    • Used for Commitment/Requestions Retention 
  • Retention Receivable codes
    • Used for Head Contract/Prime Contract/Main Contact Retentions

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Additional Support

For information on how to use retention codes, see Retention sync to Xero.


Procore Account Codes

Procore Account Codes - Procore Cost Codes applied to Bills syncing Xero to Procore.

The default Procore Account Codes will be applied when there is no Account Code Mapping set for a specific Xero Bill/Invoice Account Code.

NOTE: Procore Account Codes are only required for Bills that are first entered in Xero and synced to Procore

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  • Invoice Code
    • Procore Cost Code applied to Procore Head Contact/Prime Contact/Main Contracts
  • Bill Code
    • Procore Cost Code applied to Procore Direct Costs and Commitments/ Requisitions
  • Payroll Code
    • Procore Cost Code applied to Procore Payroll Direct Costs when no cost code is selected on a Timesheet/Timecard. 
  • NOTE: If the "Merge Payroll Cost" feature is enabled, the Payroll Code field must be populated with a default. See Settings - Payroll & Timesheet
  • NOTE: Payroll Code is required if syncing Xero Timesheets to Procore Direct Costs. See TBC
  • NOTE: Employee-specific cost code and Payroll cost code overwrite settings will be applied before the default payroll cost code.